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  1. Nathan

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    #9 Nathan, Mar 13, 2014
    Mine goes VROOOOOM
     
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    #10 Crashton, Mar 13, 2014
    Yes mine goes ding & then goes zoom.... :D
     
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    #20 Dave.0, Mar 14, 2014
    Glad you found or got your Ding Ding back. Did your wife have it? :rolleyes::lol::lol:
     
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    #22 cct1, Mar 14, 2014
    My car's ding-ding was getting, well, a little flaccid. I put a couple of little blue pills in the tank, and it's a nice, rigid ding ding. Only downside is it lasts four hours.
     
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    #2 Dave.0, Mar 11, 2014
    When you figure this out let us know so I can get rid of the ding ding ding.:devil:
     
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    #8 ScottinBend, Mar 13, 2014
    OK....for all of you first gen guys, get in your car close the door and then put the key in. Does yours go ding-ding?
     
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    #12 Angib, Mar 13, 2014
    Hey at least you have gas/petrol engines that behave the same. My diesel needs pre-heating to start, but only in really cold weather, so it happens rarely enough that each time the engine won't turn over at once, I get caught out, thinking something's wrong - but then I see the pre-heater warning and breathe again.
     
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    #13 ScottinBend, Mar 13, 2014
    Same as the door and light ding. It starts dinging when you turn the key to position 2 (just before starting the engine). I think it dings 5 or 6 times then stops.

    Mine has suddenly started working just fine or it is simply saving up to really screw with me later.....:D
     
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    #15 MCS02, Mar 13, 2014
    Perhaps you've rang your ding ding one to many times!
    You don't want to go blind! :lol:
     
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    #17 Jason Montague, Mar 13, 2014
    :cornut: Or grow hair on your palms.:yikes::yikes:

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    #21 ZippyNH, Mar 14, 2014
    Maybe he added more dinger fluid.....
     
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    #25 Dave.0, Mar 14, 2014
    You know in the commercials they the always say seek medical attention if you stiffy last for more then 4 hours.

    It's not for the guy it's for the girl you have been in bed with for 4 hours to make sure you have not f#%*+ her to death. :lol:
     
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    #31 ScottinBend, Feb 6, 2015
    :prrr:

    Man you're a lot of help..............:smile5:
     
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    #4 Nathan, Mar 11, 2014
    I found your Ding-a-ling.

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaEC-lWSlmI]Chuck Berry - My Ding-A-Ling (1972) - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    #5 rkw, Mar 11, 2014
    Actually no, I don't know it. I've never had a ding sound when I put the key in the ignition (I have a 2006 R52). Is it the same sound as when the drivers door is open with the key still in?

    As for the airbag light turning off slower, does it happen with both the dash light and the passenger occupancy light? If so, it might be the passenger sensor mat starting to fail (if your car is 2005+). This is happening to me a second time (first time years ago and fixed under warranty). Now it happens occasionally but the light can stay on for minutes.

    Also check the condition of your battery.
     
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    #18 ScottinBend, Mar 14, 2014
    The initial problem was that the ding-ding wasn't happening every time. And the airbag light was staying on longer than usual. It is all back to normal now, or at least until it isn't.....:D
     
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    #23 ScottinBend, Mar 14, 2014
    C'mon guys.....it just needed a bigger dinger pump. :rolleyes:
     
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    #28 Dave.0, Mar 15, 2014
    ^^^^ well that would be a real downer after 4 hours of fun.
     
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    #30 Dave.0, Feb 6, 2015
    Sorry but the title of thread makes me think of the future Bruce Jenner. :lol:
     
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    #3 ScottinBend, Mar 11, 2014
    Ha....I simply use it as a timer to tell me the fuel pump is up and running :D
     
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